Saw: The Ride
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SAW - The Ride | |
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Thorpe Park | |
Location | Thorpe Park |
Park section | Canada Creek |
Status | Under construction |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Inversions | 3 |
Duration | 1:40 |
Max vertical angle | 'Beyond vertical' 100° |
Saw: The Ride is the name of a new custom Euro-Fighter roller coaster due to open in the Canada Creek area of Thorpe Park, a UK theme park, in Spring 2009. It will be themed and based around the Saw horror film franchise. The roller coaster will be similar in style to Speed, located at Oakwood Theme Park and Mystery Mine at Dollywood. The codename 'Project Dylan' was used during construction, the real name and details of the ride being revealed on 13 October 2008. The ride is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday 14th March 2009, although people who win a competition held by Thorpe Park to ride it first will do so on the 13th March 2009.
The Ride
The ride itself is a Euro-Fighter ride made by Gerstlauer. There are currently two others in the UK: Speed at Oakwood Theme Park and Rage at Adventure Island.
Part of Abbey Lake - one of the man-made lakes surrounding the park - has had to be filled in in order to accommodate the queue line and station. The ride will then pass the start of Loggers Leap and the Canada Creek Railway. The new island will be accessible from pathways next to Samurai and beneath Colossus' heartline rolls (using land previously occupied by that ride's queue line).
Features
The indoor section at the beginning will include a steep drop and barrel roll; an estimated 30 seconds of ride time will be spent inside the station building. This section is followed by a vertical lift and the 'beyond vertical' 100 degree drop. The track will include three inversions - the aforementioned barrel roll, an Immelmann loop and a dive loop as well as an 'airtime' hill.
Theming
The ride is to be themed entirely around the "Saw" film series. It will be the only roller coaster in the world to be themed on a horror movie. The original plans to theme it around a sawmill have not been scrapped completely; the sawmill is now being used as 'the home' of the Saw movie character - "Jigsaw".
Disciples Of Jigsaw
As of October 31 2008 the Disciples of Jigsaw competition is now open on the ride's official website. Participants have to prove that they are over the age of 12 by entering their date of birth. They can then procede to a Java-based game in which they have to 'cut off their leg' (reminiscent of a setpiece in the first Saw film). When done, they can enter their details for a chance to be one of the first to ride SAW: The Ride.
External links
- Official SAW: The Ride minisite
- Thorpe Park's official website
- Project Dylan minisite
- Ride Construction on Thorpe Park Insider
- Ride Plan (jpg)
- Elevation (jpg)